Directed by:
George MarshallScreenplay:
Raymond ChandlerCinematography:
Lionel LindonComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande (more)Plots(1)
When discharged navy officer Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) comes home from war to his old stomping ground in the Hollywood Hills, he is shocked to discover his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) having an affair with the proprietor of the glamorous Blue Dahlia nightclub. But when Helen is murdered and Johnny is fingered as the prime suspect, he is forced to prove his innocence, aided by a woman harbouring a dark secret, the beautiful and enigmatic Joyce (Veronica Lake). (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
![Alan Ladd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268027_ff41cc.jpg)
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
![Veronica Lake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268028_0eed26.jpg)
Veronica Lake
USA
Best movies:
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
![William Bendix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515900_47bffc.jpg)
William Bendix
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Lifeboat (1944)
Woman of the Year (1942)
![Howard Da Silva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871845_06d4ee.jpg)
Howard Da Silva
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
1776 (1972)
![Doris Dowling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494659_e7f669.jpg)
Doris Dowling
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Othello (1952)
Bitter Rice (1949)
![Hugh Beaumont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319088_87ca0d.jpg)
Hugh Beaumont
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
![Howard Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922920_f8686b.jpg)
Howard Freeman
USA
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Killers (1946)
![Don Costello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/254/162254496_7b1aa0.jpg)
Don Costello
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Frank Faylen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312427_6ae956.jpg)
Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Walter Sande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000230_9e33e2.jpg)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![Mae Busch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587335_8bcd7d.jpg)
Mae Busch
Australia
Best movies:
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
The Unholy Three (1925)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Noel Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424235_9df81c.jpg)
Noel Neill
USA
Best movies:
The Big Clock (1948)
Superman (1978)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
![Harry Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480941_f58ec9.jpg)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Dick Winslow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/561/159561409_df60e6.jpg)
Dick Winslow
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
![James Millican](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867210_acbd83.gif)
James Millican
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Harry Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906984_bada71.jpg)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
![Arthur Loft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053809_59c5ae.jpg)
Arthur Loft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Anthony Caruso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309504_303fcd.jpg)
Anthony Caruso
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Each His Own (1946)
Objective, Burma! (1945)